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Trust me, it is the best way to do it. But I never said it was gonna be cheap. Related anecdote: I work for a large, multi-national, engineering consulting and construction firm. We have all sorts of clients, and most of them recognize that to get the best talent, you have to pay a bit more. Some of our clients don't quite recognize that yet. For them, I have a short "checklist" of sorts that is framed and mounted on my office wall. It reads simply: CHEAP FAST CORRECT Choose two

Now that would be sweet! Not only would be it a multi-pitch wall, but it's only three blocks from my house! And a rope's throw down the street from The Pub!!!1 What's not to like?

Not exactly, Marcin. The "Yay life" signature was when rob knew he was losing his job and he still had to train the new loozerz that were taking over his position, and then he got the speeding ticket. And all of that bullshit was after the Thai climbing guide banged his wife while he was sick and down with a fever. The irony and sarcasm was palpable... Yay life!

Jeeperz Marcin... picky picky... rob- Dru/G-spotter is teh everyone of us

Craig, Do you intend to use the map in the field again? If so, lancegranite has your solution. If you're not going to be using it anymore, Hugh has your solution. Glue it down to a backing board, have it matted in a complementing color, and frame it. Use an anti-glare coated glass to reduce reflections from your interior lighting.

w00t w00t!!!1 Excellent work, rob! Wow, with your new job and the ticket wiped, your life is really turning around. Yay life!

Now that's a really righteous feature, jon and timmay! I like the way the TRs are linked to the user, cuz sometimes I just wanna go do a route and I know which user(s) did it, and it's easier to find the TR that way. oooo, I have 69 photos. 69... get it? huhuhuhuh snark snark

Hi Jenn! Don't diss the plastic at TCCC; it's actually quite a nice wall. It's come a long way since Steve and I got the first wall started back in the early 90s, when it was located in an old racquetball court. I'm just not that into pulling plastic, although I should show up more...

Yeah, C, for the greater good. Think of the CHILDREN!!!1 that would be us... And where is your latest avatar? She's been missing for a few days. Get busy!

What about Static Point that Matt Perkins works on? I saw on this board recently that they acquired (or maybe were just short of acquiring) the forests around there for conservation and recreational opportunities. I thought they were still short a few bucks. Or was that Index? Or Darrington? I'm Whatever. Send a PM to mattp and he'll steer you straight. WA Climbers Coalition

Not focused on conservation, unless you mean the human life kind: CWMR BTW, that's yours truly on the far side of the river.

All ya'll poseuers better get right on this offer! Sherri's a righteous partner and pulls her own weight, plus yours! And her Westfalia is the bitchin'est cruising vehicle evuh! And you can help her celebrate her birthday, too! What's not to like?

Parenthetical and emphasis added by sobo You don't know what the fuck you're talking about, do you? Why don't you try reading a few books once in a while instead of always talking out of your ass? What you're suggesting is that the helo pilot intentionally crashed into the C-130 transport, purposefully causing the explosion and ensuing fireball that killed those 8 guys. And just so you know, Carter himself approved Col. Beckwith's recommendation to abort the mission after the minimum number of choppers fell below six units to only five (Beckwith had insisted that the mission required at least 6 fully operational helos). So by extension you're also saying that Carter himself rigged the failure of the entire mission and got those guys killed. My, that's a real humdinger if you're in politics and looking to get re-elected, eh? You're a bigger conspiracy idiot than I thought. Pssssst! Here's some more news for ya... we really did land men on the moon... You're right about Carter, but Billy made his own bed, and then slept in it. My what a pun that turned out to be, eh?

Excellent TR, Shugga! Looks like you had a great time. So is Flat Stanley a ropegun, or did he just hang out at the belays and drink beer around the fire?

Yeah, but he lusted in his heart. Why he just didn't bang the bunnies, I'll never understand.

US Presidential rankings, both best and worst If ya believe the polls, GW takes it, hands down.

Thanks for the alternate vid, hafilax. That little guy is just brutal. What a killer!

Heeeeey!!!1 You broke into my gear closet, didncha?

Squeak the Socialist Snaffle is just here for the

And he carries his weight well. The Scottish Fold vid: "We're sorry, this video is no longer available."

Rocket is most definitely not fat. Not by any stretch of anyone's imagination, Mel.

Jeebus Christos, Bala, that sounds brutal! Hope you heal up well and soon. LD awaits us...

Welcome to the discussion, Pat. What took you so long?

Hoping like hell to stave it off, on the hunch that I might be wrong in my fatalism. But please remember, it is not I who makes the decisions in this war. What I think apparently makes no difference to the military nor the CIC. I am not into corporate welfare, especially the ill-gotten variety, with its attendant corruption, deal-steering, and money laundering schemes. I think that the perpetrators should all join Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling in the slammer. Well, maybe just join Skilling... Naaaaaah, let 'em join Lay, six feet under. That would be better. And of course I harbor the (forlorn) hope that we can help the "good guys" (whoever they might be) avoid or perhaps even win a civil war, if that's the way things go, but I'm not holding my breath on that one. I'm just not very optimistic about the outcome of the whole affair, given our recent history. Matt, you've been around at least as long as I have. One look at the Koreas, Cuba (Bay of Pigs), Vietnam, Central America (Sandanistas-Contras), Somalia (Aidid), Bosnia-Herzegovina, the first Gulf War, etc. will serve to demonstrate that whenever we've stuck our nose into someone else's business over the past 60 years, we've gotten it bloodied for no real purpose and in the final analysis failed to increase security for our interests. Well, maybe Vietnam turned out all right in the end, 30 years after. We have trade agreements with them, Americans (ex-pats as well as tourons) are welcome there, and at least the entire country isn't plotting to anhililate all of us.

I am not as optimistic as you, Matt, as I think civil war in Iraq is inevitable. Hell, there are those that say they're fighting one right now, but I dispute that. But I think it will be evident to all when it does eventually break out in full force. I never wanted to see that, and we never should have even been there to begin with.